Our Mission Statement

The Academy is dedicated to providing the highest level of educational experience with a variety of courses and multiple delivery systems. Our goal is to establish relationships with all of our clients. We are committed to helping professionals and career oriented people with ongoing educational needs.

In return for our service, please don't keep us a secret. We understand that the highest compliment we could receive is your endorsement of our services to your colleagues and associates. That personal endorsement is the foundation of our business.

Administrator:  Debbi Anderson

4424 6th Ave. Tacoma, WA 98406           Phone:  253-879-9506

Email:   register@theacademyllc.net                 Fax:      253-759-8033          

Policies and Procedures:

The Academy will not base course fees, entrance standards or standards for successful completion of a course on a student’s race, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status or disability.

Prerequisites:

Students are required to have access to a personal computer for all CD & Internet courses. The Academy may have an on-site computer available for student use on a first come, first serve basis. Students are required to reserve time in advance. 

Admission:

 Students must pay tuition in full upon registration. Full tuition must be paid in advance for all CD Rom Disks and on line classes. Any returned checks will incur a $50.00 N.S.F. charge.

Attendance Requirements:

Live Lecture: Students must be punctual and attend all clock hours necessary to complete the course. Chronic tardiness may be cause for dismissal by school.

CD & On line: Students must satisfy class requirements, necessary number of hours, and, if required, pass an examination approved by the Department of Licensing. Students enrolled in Internet and CD courses have 12 months from the date of registration to complete the program.  Extensions due to illness or undue hardship may be considered on a per case basis.

The State of Washington requires 50 minutes per hour of "seat time"to receive clock hours.

Standard of Progress:

Live Lecture: Students must satisfy class requirements, necessary number of hours and if required, pass an examination approved by the The Department of Licensing.

CD & On line: The student must meet the established criteria in order to pass the quizzes at the end of each lesson.  There are at least 90 questions built into each randomized quiz book.  The student receives 25 questions.  If he/she receives at least 80% correct, then the movement is forward to the next lesson.  If the criteria are not reached, another series of 25 randomized questions is selected by the software and presented to the student.  This scenario is repeated until the criteria are met.

Instructor Assistance:

Should you have any questions regarding the course content, an instructor will be glad to assist you and can be reached by phone (253-879-9506) between 8am and 3:00pm Monday-Friday with the exception of holidays.  Assistance is also available via email.  Email (register@theacademyllc.net) is suggested for a quicker response to your inquiries.

Refund policy:

Live Lecture: A student will be entitled to a full refund if a cancellation notice is received in writing no later one week prior to the date of the class.

  CD courses & Internet Classes a student will be given a refund of tuition paid (minus 5% administration fee) within 10 days of purchase and 25% within 30 days of purchase.

No refunds after 30 days. 

Refund conditions:

The student has not logged onto On-line or CD course.

The course material must be returned unopened or in “like new” condition to The Academy.

A refund will be issued upon receipt of properly returned materials.

Dismissal by school:

The Academy reserves the right to terminate a student for no payment, or any behavior or conduct disruptive to the school or its students.

 Privacy Notice:

 This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for The Academy (www.theacademyllc.net).  The notice applies solely to information collected by this website.

What Personal Information We Collect, Use and Share

 This information includes your first and last name, contact phone number(s), email and mailing address.  You can browse this Site without purchasing a course.  We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site.  We have access only to information that you voluntarily give us by email or other direct contact from you.  We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.  Information we collect at The Academy or our trusted affiliates may be used to market products and services that we offer in the following ways:

1. Communicate featured upcoming classes.
2. Send out advertisement via mail.
3. Confirm your purchases.
4. Respond to your customer service inquiries or requests.
5. Comply with valid legal procedures, requirements, regulations or statues.

We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason(s) you contacted us.  We will not share your information with any third party outside of our trusted affiliates.

Unless you ask us not to, we or our affiliates may contact you in the future via email to tell you about specials, offers, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time.  Contact us via the email address or phone number given on our Site to do any of the following:

1. Find out what data we have about you, if any.
2. Change or correct any data we have about you.
3. Have us delete any data we have about you.
4. Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Disclosures:

This school is approved under chapter 18.85 RCW: inquiries regarding this or any other real estate school may be made to the:

Washington State Department of Licensing

Real Estate Program

P.O. Box 9015

Olympia, Washington 98507-9015.

http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/realestate